American nurse and politician (died 2025)

Carolyn McCarthy

Carolyn McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 4th congressional district from 1997 to 2015. A native of the suburban Long Island community of Mineola, New York, she worked as a nurse and was a registered Republican. However, she was motivated to enter politics after her husband was killed and her son was wounded in the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting. She became an advocate for gun control legislation, and in 1996, she was elected to the House as a Democrat, defeating a Republican incumbent.

Born

1944

January 5

Died

2025

Era

1940s

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Carolyn, in brief

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1944 Born
2025 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1477 Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1675 Battle of Colmar: The French army defeats forces from Austria and Brandenburg.
1757 Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who becomes the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering (the traditional form of capital punishment used for regicides).
1781 American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by former American general Benedict Arnold.

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The world in 1944

When Carolyn arrived

april 1 World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
april 10 Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
april 16 World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
april 17 Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on January 5

Bob Caruthers 1864–1911 American baseball player and umpire (born 1864) Claude Martin 1735–1800 French-English general and explorer (died 1800) Hosea Williams 1926– American businessman and activist (died 2000) Jean-Baptiste Say 1767–1832 French economist and academic (died 1832) Kristin Cavallari 1987– American television personality Paramahansa Yogananda 1893– Indian-American guru and philosopher (died 1952) Stephen Cole Kleene 1909–1994 American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (born 1909) Suki Waterhouse 1992– English actress, singer-songwriter, and model Tyler Ulis 1996– American basketball player and coach

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1944

Al Kooper 1944– American singer-songwriter and producer Al Michaels 1944– American sportscaster Angélica María 1944– American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress Anne Robinson 1944– English journalist and game show host António Variações 1944–1984 Portuguese musician (died 1984) Azizan Abdul Razak 1944–2013 Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (died 2013) Ban Ki-moon 1944– South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations Barry White 1944–2003 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1944) Carlos Alberto Torres 1944–2016 Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2016)

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